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Chapter 15: Birthday

Hermione began her day like any other. She woke up, showered, got ready, and ate breakfast. Of course all of these things took longer for her to do while being thirty-two weeks pregnant with twins. As quickly as she could, Hermione left her house and made her way to the small clinic. Since she had started her maternity leave two weeks ago, Hermione would spend her days at the clinic with Charlie. Even with him unconscious, it felt like the two had grown closer.

When she got to the clinic, however, she was met by a scene that wasn't what she was used to. There were a crowd of MediWitches around his bed. Hermione pushed her way through and found Jill, who was right next to Charlie's head.

"Hermione, I was just about to owl you. It seems Charlie is about to wake up." She said with a genuine smile on her face.

Hermione looked down at the man she loved. Yes, loved, and grabbed his hand.

Almost as soon as she grabbed his hand, Charlie's eye's fluttered open.

The first words out of his mouth were, "Hermione?"

"I'm right here, Charlie." She said with a smile.

"Welcome back, Charlie." Healer Campbell said before starting in on the multiple tests she now had to perform.

Hermione held his hand the entire time and wouldn't let her eyes leave his bright blue ones. The blue eyes she had been longing to see for the past eight weeks.

"What happened?" Charlie asked.

Jill finished up her tests and answered his question. "You were involved in a dragon accident and are lucky to be here. You have been in a coma for the past eight weeks."

"And you have been here every day?" Charlie asked Hermione.

Hermione nodded, "Yes, how did you know?" She asked, confused.

"I can't remember much- as in practically nothing. But one thing I do remember is feeling your presence, and it was here a lot."

This statement caused Hermione to blush.

"No, it's a good thing." Charlie reassured her.

Jill cleared her throat, causing the other two to remember she was there. "Charlie, it seems that your coma healed all your internal injuries- well with the help of the potions we were pumping into your body. We will need to monitor you external injuries, however. The cuts and burns are getting better; you are just going to have to keep putting some cream on it. It's the bruises you will have the most trouble with; they are going to be sore for a while. You will need a lot of care in the future, but I will talk to you more about this later." And Jill left, leaving the two of them together, alone.

Hermione turned towards Charlie with tears in her eyes. "I'm sorry."

"Sorry? Why should you be sorry? I was the idiot who got himself attacked by a dragon and left you alone. Well not alone, I mean you do have Liam."

"I am sorry because of me walking out on you that morning! I don't think I could have lived with myself if that was really the last time I saw you. And what do you mean I also have Liam? Liam and I aren't together. We are friends. And yes he has been helping me out, but only because I was a mess. I was a mess because you were here and I wasn't sure if you were going to make it. I was a mess because I realized that I love you but I couldn't tell you." Hermione abruptly stopped once she realized what she had said.

Charlie was surprised, but a smile lit up his face. "I love you too. How could I not? You are smart beautiful and amazing, any bloke would be crazy to not love you."

Hermione bent over the cot and kissed him. This wasn't just a short peck on the lips, but a deep passionate one. The kind that make your pulse quicken and fireworks explode in your head.

She pulled back from the kiss (reluctantly) when she felt a pain ripple through her abdomen. It was followed by a rush of liquid between her legs. Hermione let out a gasp, which alarmed Charlie.

"What? Is something wrong?" Charlie asked concerned.

"I think I'm in labor."

-.-

Jill rushed in and forced Hermione into the cot next to Charlie's. With the wave of her wand, Hermione was out of her normal clothes and into one of the generic paper hospital gowns. She started waving her wand more, doing checks on the babies.

"You are definitely in labor, Hermione. What concerns me is that you are only thirty-two weeks along, when normal gestation is forty. You don't need to worry, the twins are viable now- we just need to be cautious once they are out. However, you are nowhere near delivering right now. So I am going to give you a potion for the pain, and I will check on you again in a little while."

Hermione could feel the pain potion start to work almost immediately. She turned her head and saw Charlie looking at her.

"So we love each other." Charlie said, stating a fact.

Nodding, Hermione could feel herself smile. "Does that mean we are together?" She questioned.

"It depends." Charlie said, slyly. "If you want to."

"I want to." Hermione said without missing a beat.

Charlie could feel his face light up. "But, what about Fred?"

Hermione smiled sadly, she had already thought about this. How could she not? "I loved Fred, and I still do. I really thought he and I would last forever, and we probably would have. But the universe had other plans- plans that involve you, me, and these two little ones that will hopefully come soon and safely."

They fell into a comfortable silence, one which Charlie decided to break. "I was thinking. Once you have the babies you will be focused on them. And I know that I am going to need care. So I have decided to go home- just for a bit."

"Alright, let's go to England." Hermione answered.

Charlie looked over at her, the woman he loves. "You want to go with me? But I thought you wanted to stay away from England?"

"Of course I want to go with you. I just got you back, and I don't want to lose you again. Plus I have no idea how to be a mother. These two will need a lot of care, especially with them being premature. Molly is the only person I would trust to help me in these first few months, except for Fred, you, and my own mother. I can't go to Fred, well because of the obvious. You need care yourself. And as far as I know, my mother still disowns me. Also, your mum has already raised twins, so she knows what to expect."

"Okay, let's go to England."

Eventually Jill returned and checked on Hermione. "It appears these two are ready to meet the world." She said with a smile.

The next hour was filled with pain for Hermione. Even with the pain potion, she could still feel it. Hermione could only feel the pain, but she knew it was worth it. She could hear the encouragement from Charlie, one cot over, and wished he could be next to her holding her hand. Hermione wished Fred could be here next to her to welcome in their children into the world.

It didn't seem like that long before she heard Jill call out one last push, and the air was filled with cries. Cries from Hermione's two new born sons. She couldn't help but cry herself. At this moment the one thing Hermione wanted most in the world, was to hold her babies. She was told this one thing had to wait.

"I need to make sure everything is developed okay." Jill had told her.

This left Hermione alone on her cot with MediWitches around her fixing her up, because apparently giving birth is hard on a woman's body.

"You did great, Hermione." Charlie said from his spot a few feet away.

Hermione sighed, all she wanted to do was sleep- but couldn't until she knew how her boys were. It was strange for her, to call them her boys. Until recently she only thought of them as the two little monsters that were kicking her insides. And now they were here, and she had to name them. She hadn't gotten her name list narrowed down far enough.

Her thoughts were interrupted by Jill's return. "I gave both of the boys' checkups, and everything is fine, with both of them. Baby two's lungs aren't as developed as baby one, but it was nothing that a quick potion couldn't fix. It appears that they were both ready to face the world a bit earlier than planned."

And with that, two MediWitches walked forward- each with a small blue bundle.

"This is baby one. He was born at 10:42 am." She stated while putting him in Hermione's arms. Hermione could see he was wearing a small blue shirt. She took a minute just to stare at her little boy. He had a head full of the Weasley red hair and was staring back at her with bright blue eyes. Hermione knew his eye color would more than likely change, but she loved them all the same.

The second MediWitch stepped forward, "This is baby two. He was born at 10:47 am, just five minutes after his brother." This little boy got set in the crook of Hermione's other arm. He looked the exact same as his brother, only he was in a green shirt- probably to help Hermione distinguish between them.

"I am going to leave you three- sorry four- alone. I will be back to check on you. If you need anything, just place the tip of your wand here," She said while showing Hermione, "And I, or one of the MediWitches will be right here."

Hermione nodded with understanding without taking her eyes off her new born sons. Carefully, Hermione got out of the bed and walked the few feet over to Charlie's bed.

"Budge over." Hermione demanded. However she felt slightly guilty when she saw Charlie wince in pain as he moved.

Gently as she could, Hermione passed one of the babies to Charlie. She placed baby two in his arms, successfully avoiding hurting him.

Charlie looked down at the small bundle in his arms. The last time he held a baby, Ginny was born. And even then he didn't remember much.

"Do you have names for them?" Charlie asked, not looking up from the small being in his arms.

Hermione smiled again. It seemed she couldn't quit smiling with these two around.

"This is Greyson Henry Weasley." She said looking down at baby one. "And that is Fallon Arthur Weasley." Hermione said while gesturing towards baby two.

"Greyson and Fallon." Charlie said in awe of the new lives.

The couple heard footsteps and looked up to find Liam at the end of their bed. "Sorry to disrupt you, but I heard there has been a lot going on here today. The comatose patient finally woke up, and the pregnant witch finally gave birth." He said with a smile.

Hermione giggled, "Liam, I want you to meet the twins. Twins, this is your Uncle Liam. He helped me out so much, almost as much as Charlie." She said quietly to the bundles of joy.

"Do they have names?" He asked while accepting the child (Greyson) from Hermione.

"You are holding Greyson Henry. And this is Fallon Arthur." She said while taking Fallon from Charlie.

Liam stayed and talked with the couple a bit longer, but ended up leaving. He left the new family to get acquainted- whether they realized they were a family yet, or not.

So… She finally had the babies.

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